Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 30, 1827-1834, Copyright © 1989 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Antioxidant treatment of diabetic rats inhibits lipoprotein oxidation and cytotoxicity

DW Morel and GM Chisolm
Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.

Increased lipid peroxidation products were detected in a lipoprotein fraction containing very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) obtained from rats made diabetic by streptozotocin injection. The enhanced oxidation in the diabetic VLDL plus LDL fraction correlated with the in vitro toxicity of this lipoprotein fraction to proliferating fibroblasts. In contrast, high density lipoprotein (HDL) was not cytotoxic. That the increased oxidation and development of cytotoxic activity in the diabetic VLDL + LDL was related to the diabetes was shown by the fact that insulin treatment of diabetic animals inhibited both oxidation and cytotoxicity of VLDL + LDL. In contrast, treatment of diabetic rats with the antioxidants vitamin E or probucol after diabetes was established also inhibited both the in vivo oxidation and in vitro cytotoxicity of diabetic VLDL + LDL, but without altering hyperglycemia. Vitamin E or probucol treatment thus allowed separation of the oxidation process from the hyperglycemia occurring in experimental diabetes. The mechanisms by which diabetes in humans or experimental animals leads to the various manifestations of tissue damage are unknown; however, these studies demonstrate for the first time that a relationship exists between the in vivo oxidation of lipoproteins in diabetes and the potential for tissue damage as monitored by in vitro cytotoxicity. Furthermore, these results suggest that the mechanism for certain aspects of tissue damage accompanying experimental diabetes may be mediated by lipid peroxidation products.
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